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# Principal Network Engineer

- **Company:** Fleet Data Centers
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $150,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Geographic Information Systems, AutoCAD, Wavelength-Division Multiplexing, Data Centers, Microsoft Visio, Network Architecture, Routing, Bicsi, Operational Systems
- **Published:** July 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a6f7c8f72c8c9cf3

## About the Role

* 10+ years in network engineering, telecommunications, fiber infrastructure, or mission-critical environments
 * Experience designing and deploying large-scale network infrastructure
 * Expertise in fiber infrastructure, structured cabling, and carrier connectivity
 * Experience supporting projects through design, construction, commissioning, and operations
 * Background serving as a Principal Engineer, Technical Lead, or Subject Matter Expert
 * Data center, cloud, or other critical infrastructure experience strongly preferred, * Fiber optic systems, structured cabling, and network architecture
 * DWDM, CWDM, optical transport technologies
 * Routing, switching, and carrier networking
 * OT networks including IoT, BMS, and EPMS
 * AutoCAD, Visio, GIS, and infrastructure design tools
 * Network testing, validation, troubleshooting, and commissioning
 * Industry standards including ANSI/TIA, IEEE, ITU-T, ISO/IEC, BICSI, NEC, and NFPA

Travel:

 * Up to 25% travel to Fleet campuses and project sites

## Description

Fleet is seeking a Principal Network Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and technical strategy for network infrastructure across our hyperscale campuses.

This role serves as Fleet's technical authority for fiber infrastructure, structured cabling, carrier connectivity, and Operational Technology (OT) networks including IoT, BMS, and EPMS. Working across Product, Design, Construction, Operations, customers, and external partners, you'll establish engineering standards, guide infrastructure decisions, and support projects from concept through commissioning and operations.

This is a highly technical, hands-on engineering role focused on building secure, resilient, and scalable network infrastructure for mission-critical data center environments.

What You'll Do

 * Design scalable network architectures supporting hyperscale campus operations
 * Develop standards for fiber infrastructure, structured cabling, OT networks, and carrier connectivity
 * Design inside-plant (ISP) and outside-plant (OSP) fiber systems with redundancy and future capacity in mind
 * Serve as Fleet's technical SME for network and fiber infrastructure
 * Establish engineering standards, documentation, and best practices across the organization
 * Review engineering packages, vendor designs, and construction documents
 * Support commissioning, testing, troubleshooting, and operational readiness
 * Partner with customers to translate connectivity requirements into scalable design standards
 * Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend improvements to reliability, performance, and scalability
 * Lead technical evaluations, RFPs, vendor selection, and carrier relationships
 * Support budgeting, lifecycle cost analysis, procurement, and project execution


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